ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
majority group (party, faction)
to cease; to stop; to be over
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
complete change; about-face
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
one by one; one after another; successively
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
place; room; margin; scope
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this